Maisie Richards Cottell - Councillor for Greenwich (East Greenwich)

Councillor Maisie Richards Cottell

Labour East Greenwich

Email: Maisie.Richards.Cottell@royalgreenwich.gov.uk

Council: Greenwich

Council Profile: View on council website

Committees: Council Special Meeting (Committee Member) Planning Board (Committee Member) Council (Committee Member) Transport and Place Scrutiny Panel (Chair) Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Committee Member) Appointments Panel (Committee Member) Council Annual Meeting (Committee Member)

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Activity Timeline

Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.

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Planning Board Committee Member

Planning Board - Tuesday, 2nd December, 2025 6.30 pm

The Planning Board of Greenwich Council met on Tuesday 02 December 2025 to discuss several planning applications. Key decisions included the approval of new community sporting facilities at 177 Footscray Road, SE9 2SZ, a mixed-use residential development at Beresford Street and Macbean Street, SE18 6LW, and the conversion of commercial to residential units at 48-50 Artillery Place, Woolwich, SE18 4AB. Amendments to an existing planning permission for land bounded by Pettman Crescent, Nathan Way and Hadden Road, SE28, were also approved, alongside a new five-storey residential building at Penmon Road, SE2, 9PH.

December 02, 2025
Overview and Scrutiny Committee Committee Member

Overview and Scrutiny Committee - Tuesday, 18th November, 2025 6.30 pm

The Overview and Scrutiny Committee was scheduled to convene to discuss contract performance, infrastructure funding, and improvements to the Thames Path. The committee was also scheduled to review the Forward Plan, which outlines upcoming executive decisions.

November 18, 2025
Planning Board Committee Member

Planning Board - Tuesday, 18th November, 2025 6.30 pm

The Planning Board convened to discuss planning applications, focusing primarily on amendments to a previously approved mixed-use development. Councillors approved the amended application for land bound by Vincent Road, Wilmot Street and Woolwich New Road, which includes increasing building heights and the number of residential units, and reducing commercial space. An application relating to Stadium Road and Baker Road was withdrawn.

November 18, 2025
Transport and Place Scrutiny Panel Chair

Transport and Place Scrutiny Panel - Thursday, 13th November, 2025 6.30 pm

The Royal Borough of Greenwich Transport and Place Scrutiny Panel met on 13 November 2025, to discuss the Flood Risk Strategy and Surface Water Management Plan, and Estate Regeneration within the borough. The panel also reviewed the commissioning of future reports.

November 13, 2025
Council Committee Member

Council - Wednesday, 29th October, 2025 7.00 pm

The council meeting held on 29 October 2025 included discussion of petitions, changes to executive function schemes of delegation, and several motions concerning local issues. Councillors were also scheduled to answer questions from the public and from other members.

October 29, 2025

Decisions from Meetings

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260 Eltham High Street, Eltham, London, SE9 1AA - Ref: 25/3822/MA

From: Planning Board - Tuesday, 10th March, 2026 6.30 pm - March 10, 2026

... refused the application to extend the opening hours of the self-storage facility due to concerns about increased early morning noise and disturbance for local residents.

Recommendations Approved

Medium Term Financial Strategy 2026/27+

From: Council Special Meeting - Thursday, 26th February, 2026 7.00 pm - February 26, 2026

...to provide for £35m of investment, including £22m for increasing costs due to demand and inflation, £9m for capital investment financing, and £1m for Freedom Pass, while also agreeing the proposed Medium Term Financial Strategy 2026/27 to 2029/30, which includes a 2.00% adult social care precept and a 2.99% main council tax rate increase, and approving the allocation of £4.034m per year for the Department for Work and Pensions’ Crisis and Resilience Fund.

Recommendations Approved

Budget and Council Tax Setting 2026/27

From: Council Special Meeting - Thursday, 26th February, 2026 7.00 pm - February 26, 2026

...approved the council budget for 2026/27, agreed a 4.99% increase in the borough element of council tax (including a 2.99% increase for service delivery pressures and a 2% adult social care precept), and set the overall council tax levels, including a specific addition for taxpayers surrounding the Gloucester Circus garden.

Recommendations Approved

Treasury Management and Capital Strategy 2026/27

From: Council Special Meeting - Thursday, 26th February, 2026 7.00 pm - February 26, 2026

...approved the Treasury Management Strategy, Capital Strategy, Prudential Indicators, and Minimum Revenue Provision arrangements for 2026/27.

Recommendations Approved

Statement of Accounts

From: Council Special Meeting - Thursday, 26th February, 2026 7.00 pm - February 26, 2026

...the Statement of Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025, including the Royal Borough of Greenwich Statement of Accounts and the Royal Borough of Greenwich Pension Fund Statement of Accounts, were approved.

Recommendations Approved

Summary

Meetings Attended: 64

Average per Month: 2.7

Decisions Recorded: 120